Research and Analysis of Statistical Characteristics of Internet Exchange Points

Abstract

With the rapid development of the Internet, Internet exchange point (IXP) is deployed more and more around the world. As IXPs play an increasingly important role in the global Internet structure, IXPs are becoming more and more worthy of attention. However, the researches on IXPs' characteristics and their impacts on the Internet are very of shortage. This paper conducts experimental analysis of IXP based on actual network data. The experimental results show that IXP can improve the network environment and benefit to the overall development of the Internet.